Recycling
saves 95 percent of the energy required to make
aluminum from ore.

If
the recycling rate were to reach 80% at the
current level of beverage container sales, nearly
3 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions would
be avoided. This is equivalent to taking nearly
2.4 million cars off the road for a full year.

U.S. Beverage Container Recycling Scorecard and
Report

In
1972, 53 million pounds of aluminum were recycled.
Today, we exceed that amount weekly.